SAMBA Datasets ============== *Generated: |today|* This report covers all available SAMBA datasets. ---- Upper_Abyssal_Transport_Anomalies.txt ------------------------------------- Dataset Overview ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - **Project**: South Atlantic MOC Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) - **Description**: SAMBA 34S transport estimates dataset - **Source File**: Upper_Abyssal_Transport_Anomalies.txt - **Data Product**: Daily volume transport anomaly estimates for the upper and abyssal cells of the MOC - **Time Coverage**: 2013-09-12 to 2017-07-16 - **Record Length**: 1,404 observations (3.8 years) - **Sampling Frequency**: daily **Citation:** M. Kersalé et al., Highly variable upper and abyssal overturning cells in the South Atlantic. Sci. Adv. 6, eaba7573 (2020). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba7573 **Acknowledgement:** SAMBA data were collected and made freely available by the SAMOC international project and contributing national programs. Dataset Visualization ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. figure:: ../_static/reports/Upper_Abyssal_Transport_Anomalies.txt_timeseries.png :alt: AMOC time series plot :align: center :scale: 80% Time series plot for UPPER_ABYSSAL_TRANSPORT_ANOMALIES.TXT dataset. Dataset Statistics ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - **Total Variables**: 2 - **Total Coordinates**: 1 - **Dataset Size**: 0.03 MB Coordinate Information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following table shows information about the dataset coordinates in the standardised version, including coordinate name remapping from the original, if any: .. list-table:: :widths: 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 :header-rows: 1 * - Coordinate - Description - Units - Size - Min Value - Max Value - Missing % * - **TIME** - Time - datetime64[ns] - (1404,) - 2013-09-12 - 2017-07-16 - 0.0% Variable Information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following table shows the mapping from original variable names to standardized names, along with key statistics for each variable. .. list-table:: :widths: 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 :header-rows: 1 * - Variable - Description - Units - Size - Min Value - Max Value - Missing % * - *Abyssal_cell_volume_transport_anomaly__relative_to_record_length_average_of_7_8_Sv* → **ABYSSAL_TRANSPORT** - **Abyssal Transport**: Abyssal-cell volume transport anomaly (relative to record-length average of 7.8 Sv) - Sverdrup - (1404,) - -19.09 - 24.00 - 0.0% * - *Upper_cell_volume_transport_anomaly__relative_to_record_length_average_of_17_3_Sv* → **UPPER_TRANSPORT** - **Upper Transport**: Upper-cell volume transport anomaly (relative to record-length average of 17.3 Sv) - Sverdrup - (1404,) - -50.28 - 52.69 - 0.0% Metadata (edits applied noted) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following metadata provides comprehensive information about this dataset: - **Summary**: SAMBA 34S transport estimates dataset - **Description\***: SAMBA 34S transport estimates dataset - **Program\***: SAMBA - **Project\***: South Atlantic MOC Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) - **License\***: CC-BY-4.0 - **Acknowledgment**: SAMBA data were collected and made freely available by the SAMOC international project and contributing national programs. - **Weblink\***: https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/samoc - **Platform**: mooring - **Platform Vocabulary**: https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/ - **Data Product\***: Daily volume transport anomaly estimates for the upper and abyssal cells of the MOC - **Time Coverage Start\***: 2013-09-12 - **Time Coverage End\***: 2017-07-16 - **Contributing Institutions**: - **Contributing Institutions Vocabulary**: - **Contributing Institutions Role**: - **Conventions\***: CF-1.8, ACDD-1.3, OceanSITES-1.5 - **featureType\***: timeSeries - **featureType_vocabulary**: https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/v1.6.0/cf-conventions.html#_features_and_feature_types - **Source File\***: Upper_Abyssal_Transport_Anomalies.txt - **Source Path\***: ~/AMOCatlas/data/Upper_Abyssal_Transport_Anomalies.txt - **Source Url\***: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/pub/SAM/2020_Kersale_etal_ScienceAdvances/ - **Date Modified**: 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z - **Processing Software**: http://github.com/AMOCcommunity/amocatlas - **Processing Version**: v0.2.0 - **Processing Datasource\***: samba34s - **Variable Mapping\***: [Complex metadata structure - 2 items] - **Original Variable Metadata\***: [Complex metadata structure - 2 items] - **Applied Variable Mapping**: [Complex metadata structure - 2 items] - **Original Variable Mapping**: [Complex metadata structure - 2 items] - **Sanitization Mapping**: [Complex metadata structure - 7 items] - **Comment\***: (Note: date_modified has been set to a canonical value for documentation generation to avoid git churn) ---- MOC_TotalAnomaly_and_constituents.asc ------------------------------------- Dataset Overview ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - **Project**: South Atlantic MOC Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) - **Description**: SAMBA 34S transport estimates dataset - **Source File**: MOC_TotalAnomaly_and_constituents.asc - **Data Product**: Daily travel time values, calibrated to a nominal pressure of 1000 dbar, and bottom pressures from the two PIES/CPIES moorings - **Time Coverage**: 2009-03-19 to 2017-04-29 - **Record Length**: 2,964 observations (8.1 years) - **Sampling Frequency**: daily **Citation:** Meinen, C. S., Speich, S., Piola, A. R., Ansorge, I., Campos, E., Kersalé, M., et al. (2018). Meridional overturning circulation transport variability at 34.5°S during 2009–2017: Baroclinic and barotropic flows and the dueling influence of the boundaries. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 4180–4188. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077408 **Acknowledgement:** SAMBA data were collected and made freely available by the SAMOC international project and contributing national programs. Dataset Visualization ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. figure:: ../_static/reports/MOC_TotalAnomaly_and_constituents.asc_timeseries.png :alt: AMOC time series plot :align: center :scale: 80% Time series plot for MOC_TOTALANOMALY_AND_CONSTITUENTS.ASC dataset. Dataset Statistics ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - **Total Variables**: 8 - **Total Coordinates**: 1 - **Dataset Size**: 0.20 MB Coordinate Information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following table shows information about the dataset coordinates in the standardised version, including coordinate name remapping from the original, if any: .. list-table:: :widths: 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 :header-rows: 1 * - Coordinate - Description - Units - Size - Min Value - Max Value - Missing % * - **TIME** - Time - datetime64[ns] - (2964,) - 2009-03-19 - 2017-04-29 - 0.0% Variable Information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following table shows the mapping from original variable names to standardized names, along with key statistics for each variable. .. list-table:: :widths: 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 :header-rows: 1 * - Variable - Description - Units - Size - Min Value - Max Value - Missing % * - *Reference__bottom_pressure_gradient__contribution_to_the_MOC_anomaly* → **BAROTROPIC_MOC** - **Barotropic Trans. anom.**: Reference (bottom pressure gradient) contribution to the MOC anomaly - Sverdrup - (2964,) - -12.14 - 20.58 - 34.0% * - *Eastern_bottom_pressure_contribution_to_the_MOC_anomaly* → **EASTERN_BOT_PRESSURE** - **BP East Transport**: Eastern bottom pressure contribution to the MOC anomaly - Sverdrup - (2964,) - -12.93 - 11.15 - 34.0% * - *Eastern_density_contribution_to_the_MOC_anomaly* → **EASTERN_DENSITY** - ** ho East Transport**: Eastern density contribution to the MOC anomaly - Sverdrup - (2964,) - -16.67 - 13.94 - 34.0% * - *Ekman__wind__contribution_to_the_MOC_anomaly* → **EKMAN** - **Ekman**: Ekman (wind) contribution to the MOC anomaly - Sverdrup - (2964,) - -15.65 - 20.30 - 34.0% * - *Total_MOC_anomaly__relative_to_record_length_average_of_14_7_Sv* → **MOC** - **MOC_z**: MOC Total Anomaly (relative to record-length average of 14.7 Sv) - Sverdrup - (2964,) - -25.89 - 28.72 - 34.0% * - *Relative__density_gradient__contribution_to_the_MOC_anomaly* → **RELATIVE_MOC** - **Geos. Trans. Anom.**: Relative (density gradient) contribution to the MOC anomaly - Sverdrup - (2964,) - -19.69 - 16.51 - 34.0% * - *Western_bottom_pressure_contribution_to_the_MOC_anomaly* → **WESTERN_BOT_PRESSURE** - **BP West Transport**: Western bottom pressure contribution to the MOC anomaly - Sverdrup - (2964,) - -13.60 - 21.73 - 34.0% * - *Western_density_contribution_to_the_MOC_anomaly* → **WESTERN_DENSITY** - ** ho West Transport**: Western density contribution to the MOC anomaly - Sverdrup - (2964,) - -16.32 - 6.87 - 34.0% Metadata (edits applied noted) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following metadata provides comprehensive information about this dataset: - **Summary**: SAMBA 34S transport estimates dataset - **Description\***: SAMBA 34S transport estimates dataset - **Program\***: SAMBA - **Project\***: South Atlantic MOC Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) - **License\***: CC-BY-4.0 - **Acknowledgment**: SAMBA data were collected and made freely available by the SAMOC international project and contributing national programs. - **Weblink\***: https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/samoc - **Platform**: mooring - **Platform Vocabulary**: https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/ - **Data Product\***: Daily travel time values, calibrated to a nominal pressure of 1000 dbar, and bottom pressures from the two PIES/CPIES moorings - **Time Coverage Start\***: 2009-03-19 - **Time Coverage End\***: 2017-04-29 - **Contributing Institutions**: - **Contributing Institutions Vocabulary**: - **Contributing Institutions Role**: - **Conventions\***: CF-1.8, ACDD-1.3, OceanSITES-1.5 - **featureType\***: timeSeries - **featureType_vocabulary**: https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/v1.6.0/cf-conventions.html#_features_and_feature_types - **Source File\***: MOC_TotalAnomaly_and_constituents.asc - **Source Path\***: ~/AMOCatlas/data/MOC_TotalAnomaly_and_constituents.asc - **Source Url\***: https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/SAMOC_international/documents/ - **Date Modified**: 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z - **Processing Software**: http://github.com/AMOCcommunity/amocatlas - **Processing Version**: v0.2.0 - **Processing Datasource\***: samba34s - **Variable Mapping\***: [Complex metadata structure - 8 items] - **Original Variable Metadata\***: [Complex metadata structure - 8 items] - **Applied Variable Mapping**: [Complex metadata structure - 8 items] - **Original Variable Mapping**: [Complex metadata structure - 8 items] - **Sanitization Mapping**: [Complex metadata structure - 12 items] - **Comment\***: (Note: date_modified has been set to a canonical value for documentation generation to avoid git churn)